Part of a series of negatives, some half plate glass negatives, some large format film negatives labelled ‘Time and motion studies’ which feature women with wires attached to their hands and arms which record the movements made. These two images are black and white half plate glass negatives ordered from the Kodak Research Laboratory, Harrow by WH Smith on 20th October 1959. British Library, Kodak A3038/20(1-2)
Colour print of a woman in a lab coat and goggles using glass laboratory apparatus. Photograph part of a series used for Kodak's internal newsletters. February 1975. British Library, Kodak A3146/27(8)
It's International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
Here are a few highlights from Kodak Research Laboratories in Harrow, documenting innovations led by women in as early as 1891.
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